Thanks A Latte

Hi there and thanks for stopping by! 

It's Ceal here to share a card using Sweet 'n Sassy's products you can find at A Scrap N Place.

I am not a coffee drinker but this cute little mug die is to die for :)

Happy Birthday

Hi Stampers! Happy Saturday! Kim here to share with you a masculine birthday card. I made the bow tie using Simple Stories patterned paper. I created the accordion fold then wrapped 3/8" ribbon around the center. I used a glue gun to keep the ribbon together. I freehand cut the banner with the birthday sentiment then added a couple of rhinestones to it. The rhinestones were colored in using a brown Copic marker. I created the embossing line on the brown paper using an embossing stylus and ruler. This would make a wonderful Father's Day card. All you need to do is switch out the sentiment.

Supplies can be found at A Scrap 'N Place:

Papers: Simple Stories (Generations Together), Cream & Brown Cardstock)

Inks: Rangers (brown & black ink), Copic

Accessories: Zva Creative (rhinestones), brown 3/8" ribbon

Tools: Spellbinders ( Nestabilities), Glue Gun, embossing stylus

"Find me next a poppy posy..."

That's a quote from Thomas Moore, for those of you literary types.  ;)

Terri asked me to work with a lovely Penny Black stamp and stencil this month, so here's the first of my creations using the materials I chose to work with...and with the lovely stamp.  I'm going to have a lot of fun with this one!  I have several cards planned...and they're all everyday type cards. 

Instructions:  Stamp the poppy stamp on vellum with versamark ink and emboss in black.  Color the back side of the vellum with markers.  I used water-based markers and heat-dried them so that they wouldn't smear.  Mount the vellum on the designer paper and the designer paper on a black mat.  Add ribbon and bow (I used the Bow-Easy to make the bow).  The greeting is done in black embossing as well and attached with twine.

Hint:  Do you need black twine and you only have natural?  Use a permanent marker, like your Copics or a Sharpie, and color it!  Easy-Peasy!

Hint the second: Is your tag punch a bit too short for your sentiment?  Cut a strip of paper exactly the width of your punch...for my punch it was just under 5/8 inch wide.  Then take a look at the pictures on this blog post to see how to punch the two ends separately.

Supplies:
Vanilla and black cardstock
Vellum
Designer paper is Avignon by 7gypsies
Stamp is by Penny Black
Ribbon by May Arts
Tag punch is by Martha Stewart
Sentiment is by Stampin' Up

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Poppies for Memories

Here's another card made with the Penny Black poppy die...this time with colored papers instead of stamping.  I added a touch of shading to the flowers...unfortunately it isn't as evident in the photo as it is in real life!

Just a note about using vellum on your cards.  Most adhesives show through!  Bummer!  So I've learned to put my adhesives behind the design elements on the front.  So dimensional foam is behind the flowers and banner.

Supplies
White cardstock for the card base and greeting
Reminisce patterned paper for the card front
Vellum for the banner
Red and avocado cardstock for the flowers
Twine from May Arts
Pearls from Zva Creative

Stamped Candle (Prima Doll)

Hi Everyone

Michelle here from  Lady of Leisure Ink. Today is my last Prima Doll project for this month.  No cards or tags today, but rather I have stamped the image on to a candle.

I'm sure many of you have done this before, but if not here is a great video showing you all the steps.  Here are the products I used.

• Prima Doll Stamp
• Tissue paper
• Candle
• Markers
• Stamp (from Stampin’ Up)
• Ribbon

A very quick and simple project which makes the perfect little gift.

See you next time.

Michelle

A Butterfly of a Different Color

Here's another one for you to try...

 

This one is a bit more ornate, but still somewhat easy to execute.

 

The card base is vanilla and to make the designer paper panel, I used a piece of cardstock with the two papers layered onto it.  That gave me a stiffer panel to handle the twill tape that was tied on next.

 

The diecut butterfly is done in kraft and white papers, and I sponged the white paper with a blue-green ink to match the papers (it does match, regardless of how it looks in the photo!).  The butterfly is sprayed with Glimmer mist after gluing it together.  Just a bit of shimmer!  I cut the swirl die once and cut it into three pieces for what you see here.  Pearls were added last.

 

Supplies

Vanilla cardstock

Designer papers from Authentique (Promise Two) (top) and Glitz (Uncharted Waters) (bottom)

Fancy Flourish Die from Die-namics, butterfly die from Impression Obsession

Twill Tape from May Arts

Pearls from Zva Creative